1867.] Literary Intelligence. 14c 



Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



A Ccatalogue of the Vernacular Publications of the Bombay Presi- 

 dency has just been brought out by Sir Alexander Grant, Director of 

 Public Instruction, Bombay. It embraces the names of 3 679 books 

 of which 175 are in Sanscrit, 660 in Marhatti, 628 in Guzrati, 49 

 in Canarese, and 43 in Sindhi. Of Zend books there are 4, and of 

 Pehlevi 1, being the Pehlevi version of the Zendavesta. Prefixed to 

 the catalogue are two interesting essays by Professor F. Kielhorn 

 and Mr. M. G. Ranade, on its Sanskrit and Marathi portions. 



Mr. J. Beames has just published a short introduction to the study 

 of Indian Philology, with a map shewing the distritution of Indian 

 languages. It is intended to be a guide to those " who, having no 

 knowledge of Linguistic Science, wish to record and preserve dialects 

 of obscure and uncivilised tribes with whom they may come into 

 contact ; or any of the countless local peculiarities of the leading Indian 

 languages which may be spoken in their neighbourhood." 



The following is an Extract from a letter from Major General 

 A. Cunningham to Colonel C. S. Guthrie, on a large gold Eucratides 

 lately brought to England. 



"But what is a double gold-mohur compared to the great gold 

 Eucratides which has just been brought from Bokhara by Aga 

 Zebalun Bokhari ? It is 2J inches in diameter, and weighs ten staters, 

 or eleven guineas f It has the usual helmeted head on one side, with 

 the horsemen and inscription on the reverse. The owner has refused 

 700£ for it. It is genuine — and beats all the Greek coins hitherto 

 discovered. 



" I have three specimens of a new Greek King, Apollophanes, and 

 some rude coins of Strato with the title of Philopator, which is 

 translated priyapitd, lover of his father. Please tell Grote of these 

 Bactrian novelties." 



